Log-loading machine



(No Model.)

J. W. KUNTZ 8v G. A. ESCHENBRENER.

LOG LOADING MACHINE.

Patented June l0, 1890.

ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOSEPH WI. KUNTZ AND CHARLES A. ESCHEBRENER, OF REPUBLIC, OHIO.

Loe-lfoADINe MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,926, dated June 10` 1890.

Application filed March 20, 1890- Serial No. 344,684. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that We, JOSEPH W. KUNTZ and CHARLES A. ESCHENBEENER, both of Republic, in the county of Seneca and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Log-.loading Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to improvements in log-loading machines; and the object of our invention is to provide a device by which logs maybe quickly, easily, and safely loaded upon a vehicle or rolled to the saw in a mill-yard.

To this end our invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations ofparts, that will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a verticalV cross-section of the device, showing a log partially loaded; Fig. 2, the same View, but with the log loaded and bound in position; and Fig. 3, a plan view of the device with a log` partially loaded.

A rectangular frame A is mounted upon suitable supports B of a vehicle, (not shown,) said frame having cross-pieces A extending across the top, upon which the logs may rest, and having near one end a vertical partition O,forming a recess C between said partition and one of the end pieces A2 of the frame A. A shaft D extends longitudinally through the frame A, and has suitable bearings in the end pieces A2 of the frame. Fixed to the shaft, near one end thereof, so as to turn in the recess C', is a gear-Wheel a, which meshes with and is turned by a gear-wheel b, which is fixed to the shaft CZ in the recess C. A dog a is pivoted to the partition C, above the gear-wheel a, so as to engage the teeth of the gear-Wheel and prevent the wheel and shaft D from turning back. One end of the shaft d is mounted in the partition C, and the other end projects through the end piece A2 of the frame A and is provided with a crank c, by which the shaft may be turned.

Loosely fixed to the shaft D, near the ends, are the binding ropes or chains f, and near the center are fixed the loading rope or chain g and the unloading rope or chain h. The

ropes are all provided at their ends with suitable hooks in the usual manner.

A bracket E is attached to one side of the frame A by the clasps 1l and j, which are attached to the bracket and fit upon the top and bottom of the frame, respectively, so that the bracket may slide upon the frame, the upper clasp i being pivoted to the bracket E, so that it may be turned above the frame when the bracket is to be removed or attached, and may be turned upon the frame to hold the bracket in position. A grooved pulley F is pivoted in the lower end of the bracket E, which extends below the frame A and a similar pulley F is pivoted in the upper end of the arm E', which is attached to the bracket E and extends upwardly therefrom. The arm E is attached to the bracket E by two pins 7c and Z, which project through the sides of the bracket and through the arm E', so that when a log is to be rolled from the frame A the upper pin la may be removed from the hole 7c in the bracket and arm, and the arm being thereby pivoted on the pin Z may be tipped downwardly out of the way of the log. Attached to opposite inner sides of the frame A is a staple m, to which the chains or ropes may be hooked when necessary.

Vhen a log is to be rolled upon the frame A, a pair of skids H are placed against the frame, the upper ends of the skids resting upon the top of the frame and the lower ends upon the ground. The upper ends of the skids may be fastened to the frame by pins n, which proj ect through the ends of the skids and into the frame.

To roll the log J upon the frame A, the rope g is carried up over the frame, so that it will run in the pulleys F and F. The rope is then passed around the log and the free end hooked to the staple m. The operator then turns the crank e., which will turn the shaft D by means of the gearewheels a and l), and the rope g will be wound upon the shaft. As the rope is wound upon the shaft it is shortened and the log J is rolled up the skids Il till it rests upon the cross-pieces A of the frame A, when it is bound in position by the ropes f, which are passed up over the log, and their free ends are hooked to hooks o on the shaft D.

To unload the log, the bracket E is moved IOO upon the frame A to bring the pulleys F F' in line with the rope 71., the rope is passed up over the pulleys and attached to the log, the pin 7i: is removed from the bracket E and arm E,1he shaft l) turned, and the rope will be wound upon the shaft andthe log rolled from the frame. Then the log strikes the arm E it will swing upon the pin I and drop down out of the way of the log.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that with this device heavy logs may be loaded by a single person and a great deal of labor saved.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A log-loading' device comprising a frame having cross-pieces upon its upper side, a shaft mounted in the frame, a crank and gear mechanism for turning the shaft, a bracket removably attached to the side ot the frame, said bracket having a pulley mounted in the lower end thereof and having` an upwardlyextending arm with a pulley mounted thereon, and ropes having one end fixed to the shaft, said ropes being adapted to pass over thepulleys and connect with a log, substantially as described. y

2. The combination, with the frame A, shaft l), and ropes g and h, of the bracket E, fixed to the frame bythe clasps yL' and j, and having the pulley F mounted in the lower part thereof, and having the arm E', carrying; pulley F', attached to the upper part thereof, substautially as described.

3. The combination, with the bracket E, Fixed to the frame A, as shown, of the arm E', havingpulley F mounted thereon, and means, as pins 7c, and I, for attaching the bracket and arm.

a. The combination, with the frame A and shaft 1.),having3 ropes g and 7L attached thereto, of the slidable bracket E, mounted upon the frame and having pulleys F F', piveted above and below the same for the passage ot the ropes, substantially as described.

JOSEPH W. KUNTZ.

CHARLES A. ESCIIENBRENLR.

Witnesses:

IE. F. HENsmGER,

B. M. HILL. 

